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OLIVER NUTTING DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4100548 · 1 · UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:01 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits

Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.

Which of its rights are out of priority?

Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1911-04-01 — 157th most senior of the 1104 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..

Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: GRAYS CREEK DITCH (1908-08-31). Immediately behind: GREATHOUSE DITCH (1912-01-30).

Decreed rights (2)

Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
29038.22371911-04-011941-12-04 0.250.0 CIRR 186
45430.01974-05-201974-12-31 1.00.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 315 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2000, came in at 258 AF — 82% of that, and 6th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.)Compared with its own recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
1986 371 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 180 1.5
1987 149 1st lowest of 15 · 47% of median 100 2.2
1988 187 2nd lowest of 15 · 59% of median 130 2.0
1989 393 13th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 97 9.0
1990 394 15th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 126 2.2
1991 393 13th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 147 2.5
1992 315 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 109 2.0
1993 361 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 101 2.5
1994 225 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median 95 2.0
1995 315 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 135 2.0
1996 240 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 100 2.0
1997 250 5th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 128 1.0
1998 389 12th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 125 2.5
1999 312 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 149 2.0
2000 258 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 66 2.0

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